Transit

2013

Drama Indie

OFWs in Israel cope with issues of identity an oppressive new law that threatens to separate parent from child.

Main Cast: Irma Adlawan • Ping Medina • Mercedes Cabral
Director: Hannah Espia
Released By: Cinemalaya Foundation

Rate

Add Love Tag

Cast

Video Clips / Trailers

00:35 Transit - Trailer posted on August 2, 2013 The ﬁlm begins and ends in an airport during a father and sons transit ﬂight from Tel Aviv to Manila. It tells the story of Moises, a Filipino single-dad working as a caregiver in Herzliya, Israel, who comes home to his apartment in Tel Aviv to celebrate his son Joshua's 4th birthday. It was on that day that Moises, together with their Filipino neighbors Janet, and her daughter Yael, ﬁnd out that the Israeli government is going to deport children of foreign workers. Afraid of the new law, Moises and Janet decide to hide their children from the immigration police by making them stay inside the house.

Related Content (0)

more movie articles